Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Plovmand. Pours an almost clear amber with a dense and frothy head leaving some lacework. Intense hop aroma, a little perfumy. Medium body, some caramel, a little ashes and and some intense and perfumy hops. I believe the massive IBUs are buried under quite some caramel malts. Solid though. 221110

bottle poured an amber color with a big foamy off white head that retained well. aroma has pine, resins, light citrus, a bit of sweetness, and a fairly well malted body. mouth feel is hefty and it coats the tongue well with a higher side carbonation. flavor has chewy hops but the hefty malted base keeps up. pines, firm bitterness, citrus touches, good sweetness, and a lingering finish.

750 c&c from Ace in Boulder, CO. Pours copper with a foamy 3 finger beige/off-white head. The hop aroma is huge. Mostly pine/resin with a little background grapefruit. Hard to be sure. Thereís a lot of hop. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor starts with pine (maybe) but certainly seems to go to grapefruit, and then some roast malt creeps in. Got to be the hoppiest barley wine Iíve ever had. It would be right at home in the PNW.

Bottle: Poured an orange amber color with a big head. The aroma was citrus, grapefruit, sweet caramel malts. The flavor was sweet, malty, hops, and citrus. There wasnít as much ídark fruití that is usually present in most barley wines, but this one was a winner in my eyes.

hugely fragrant pine hops,and I mean spruce tree quality,becaus eyou can smell the wood bark also a little bit of caramel sauce in the background,alcohol noticable,all in the aroma full head, full malt and hop flavoring,caramel malt much more noticable in taste,plenty of pine hopping,smooth as can be,love that woody sent every time I bring this to my mouth. Wish it was just a tad fresher. Excellent

Bottle from DYCSoccer17, thanks. Pours a hazy dark orange with almost no head or carbonation. Aroma is intense with tons of caramel and toffee, plus piney and woody hops. Sweetish, initially somewhat roasty flavors moves to piney hops flavors with a warming, dusty finish, very lightly carbonated.

750ml. Pours murky orange with overly huge frothy white head that quickly shrinks to one finger. Tons of American c-hop in nose, orange juice citrus and light pine come out the most, medium caramel malt. Sweet, but not overly so, and hop spicy upfront. More of an IIPA than a BW but great nonetheless.

Got to try this thanks to "hannont". Colour... cloudy orange with a thick head. Nose... piney hops and toffee. Palate... pretty dang hoppy for a barley wine! This one is like a barley wine masquerading as an Imp IPA! Scads of citrus and pine and a very coating, cloying character.

Bottle, shared with Parksy. Pours a dark orange amber with lots of schmegma particles falling into the glass at the end of the pour, turning it cloudy. Head is big and foamy and stays forever. This beer is malt dominated for sure, loads of chewy toffee, sticky piney hop character, some grapefruit rind. Big and chewy, nicely hoppy as promised.

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